A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
AI WEIWEIWhat counts in the end is what the government does.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I don’t think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism.
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The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and free society is to let different opinions come out.
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I call on people to be ‘obsessed citizens,’ forever questioning and asking for accountability. That’s the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.
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I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.
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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
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I never had a sense of home.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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You’re still being looked at as somebody who – it’s a very complicated issue.
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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
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The fantasy we had with pearls was always so luxurious and unique with a kind of rareness.
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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
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